To counter Jio, Airtel's Rs 399 plan offers 1 GB data a day for 70 days

Deadline for the new plans, only available for eligible customers, is June-end 2017

India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel, under increasing competition from Reliance Jio’s free services, has launched a new pre-paid plan to customers where they can avail 1 gigabyte (GB) 4G data plus unlimited local and subscriber trunk dialling (STD) calls for Rs 399 with a validity of 70 days. 

The above-mentioned plan is also available for Rs 244 for users with a 4G smartphone and subscriber identity module (SIM) card.
 

Here are the details of the  new plans being offered:

Rs 399 plan: Under this pack, users will get 1 GB data per day only if they have a 4G smartphone and SIM card. The free calls incentive comes with a 3,000 minutes cap for a 70-day period. When the minutes get exhausted, users will be charged Rs 0.10 a minute. For Airtel-Airtel calls, the limit is 300 minutes per day, but 1,200 minutes is the maximum consumption per week.

Rs 345 plan: From 1 GB data per day, Airtel is now offering 2 GB data for the same amount. Similar to the Rs 399 plan, users get the same free calls benefit with the limitation. Where earlier, users were restricted to 500 megabytes (MB) from 12am-6pm and the other 500 MB available for rest of the day, the offer now is now valid 24/7. 

Rs 244 plan: For 4G smartphone and 4G SIM card users, one can avail 1 GB data per day for 70 days under fair usage policy.  Although, the offer claims to provide unlimited free STD and local calls, users get 1,200 minutes on calls made to other networks and 300 minutes of free Airtel-to-Airtel. Upon full consumption of the free minutes, users will be charged Rs 0.10 per minute. 

The same will be effective after April 15 as the new recharge plans are still under processing. If one recharges prior to that, it will get activated after Saturday. These offers come as the deadline for Reliance Jio’s subscription to 'Dhan Dhana Dhan' scheme for its prime members which gives users 3 months of complimentary service with a Rs 309 or Rs 509 recharge is nearing. 
 

The deadline for the new Airtel plan, only available for eligible customers, is June-end 2017. One needs to login to Airtel’s official website or MyAirtel app to confirm their eligibility.